17 Bahrainis were sentenced to 15 years
imprisonment on 17th March, for the attempted murder of 4 police
officers last year by planting an incendiary device at a roadblock. The attack
which took place last April involved a homemade bomb planted in a roadblock
made with tyres, palm tree trunks and garbage bin. The device went off as the
officers approached the roadblock in their vehicle. The officers sustained
injuries as a result of the explosion.
This news came following the appointment of the Crown Prince of
Bahrain was as the new deputy Prime Minister. Previously shunned aside for
being a moderate, his appointment has raised hopes of a resolution to end over
2 years of unrest in Bahrain.
This will place the Crown Prince in a position that will aid
efforts of finally resolving years of discord between the Sunni royal family
and the majority Shia population.
According to Khalil al-Marzook, a senior member of the leading
opposition al-Wefaq society, “The challenge (for the Crown Prince) will be to
leverage this senior role. Now that he is in the government, we should see his
reform agenda in practice rather than in words.”
Sources close to the moderate faction in the ruling family claim
that the Crown Prince is the “only one that has appeal to everyone. He listens,
he takes criticism...”
His appointment is Bahrain’s way of showing that Bahrain is making
efforts to move forward on reforms however, the results remain to be seen.
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